Control and Administration of Medicines E-Learning Courses
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Our control and administration of medicines (Level 3) course includes all components below...
Control and Administration of Medicines: Course Overview
Safe medicine handling procedures.Prescribing, checking, obtaining and dispensing of medicines.
Disclosure and patient confidentiality.
Patient guidance and support.
Medicine classifications and their properties.
Administration methods and competence.
Identifying and reporting reactions to, or between, medicines.
Consenting to secondary administration.
Staff and patient risk assessment.
Administration preparation and accuracy.
Keeping record of administration, errors and medicine refusal.
Storing and disposing of medicines safely.
Relevant legislation and guidance.
Control and Administration of Medicines FAQ
Medicines can legally be administered by anyone, as long as it has been prescribed by an appropriate practitioner. Typically the carer will work with the patient to produce a care plan that includes details regarding any medication. However in care homes, where a carer is responsible for multiple patients, the monitoring and administration of patients medication can be rather complicated. Older people in care homes are among the most vulnerable members in society and their reliance on the care home staff means special attention must be taken where medication is concerned. A combination of complex medical conditions may lead to the need to take multiple medications - with care home residents on average taking 7-8 different kinds.
The management and administration of medicines in care homes is currently covered by regulation 13 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities). This states that "The registered person must protect service users against the risks associated with the unsafe use and management of medicines, by means of the making of appropriate arrangements for the obtaining, recording, handling, using, safe keeping, dispensing, safe administration and disposal of medicines used for the purposes of the regulated activity." Compliance with the regulations is monitored by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
All carers / care providers must keep accurate records relating to the administration of medicine for their patients. This documentation includes information on:
1) How medicines are obtained for residents
2) Procedures to assess selfâadministration
3) Obtaining residents' consent if care workers give medicines
4) How medicines are stored, centrally and for selfâadministration
5) Procedures for administration
6) Procedures to assess competence to administer medicines safely
7) Procedures for controlled drugs
8) Procedures for providing medicines when residents take 'leave'
9) What records are held
10) How to deal with drug errors and incidents
11) How to dispose of medicines
12) Treatment of minor ailment
Pricing
Prices vary depending on how many courses you need. Please view our pricing structure to find the package that best suits your organisation.
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training platform
and enjoy unlimited care courses and
unlimited users!
Get the 1st Month FREE on
your subscription.
Gain immediate access to all areas of our CQC training platform
and enjoy unlimited care courses and unlimited users!
Get the 1st Month FREE
on your subscription.
Gain immediate access to all areas of our CQC training platform
and enjoy unlimited care courses and unlimited users!
Accreditation
CPD Standards Office accreditation provides credibility to our online courses that just aren't available with other e-learning providers. Via evidence-based accreditation you are ensuring your organisations standards are high and consistent, as well as offering employees engaging and substantive learning with which to enrich their careers.
More information can be found on the CPD website.
Booking
Please call us to get a quote. Once your booking is confirmed, we will then send you your joining instructions! No downloads, no hassle. Just create a login and input the code we send you to start the course.
For larger organisations our portal can be rebranded to your requirements. For more information on this service, please contact us and we will be happy to help.
Assessment
After you have completed your assessment (including multiple choice questionnaire), your digital certificate is sent to the email address used to login as soon as the course is completed.
If you have not received your certificate, please first check your spam box. If it isn't there, please call and we will get this resent.
Do courses expire?
There is no expiry date on course credits. Once a credit has been bought it can be allocated at any time. However, should the credit have been allocated to the delegate, each learner then has 12 months to complete the course.
In other words, unallocated course credits have no expiry date. If for example you ordered 1000 licences, and allocated 600 courses in year 1, you would have 400 licences left to allocate in year 2.
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